11. Poleward-propagating Rossby waves explain many of the observed statistical connections between low and high latitude climates. 12. Why is the Rossby wave the slowest wave? 13. The Rossby waves are themselves a different wind speed from what we experience in the lower troposphere. 14. Rossby waves "'on Earth are giant meanders in high-altitude winds that have a major influence on weather.15. In turn, Rossby waves alter the water temperature and density, pushing the thermocline downward by several hundred feet. 16. Baroclinic Rossby waves are much slower. 17. Until now, Wolff said, there have been only indirect and inconclusive evidence for Rossby waves through sunspot observations. 18. In planetary atmospheres, including Earth, Rossby waves are due to the variation in the Coriolis effect with latitude. 19. The outflow of air mass from the cell creates harmonic waves in the atmosphere known as Rossby waves . 20. Rossby waves also depend on variations in " f ", and do not occur in the f-plane approximation.
